Net enrollment rates in lower secondary education, adjusted gender parity index in Cameroon
Cameroon: Net enrollment rates in lower secondary education, adjusted gender parity index was 0.9323 index in 2023. ▲ Rising
Net enrollment rates in lower secondary education, adjusted gender parity index in Cameroon, 1971–2023
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data. Measured in index.
Analysis
The most recent figure for net enrollment rates in lower secondary education, adjusted gender parity index in Cameroon is 0.9323 index, measured in 2023. That is the highest value across all 17 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.5% on the previous year and up 8.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, net enrollment rates in lower secondary education, adjusted gender parity index in Cameroon peaked at 0.9323 index in 2023 and was at its lowest, 0.6278 index, in 1971.
That places Cameroon 150th out of 163 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 17 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 0.6839 index | 0.6278 index | 0.7309 index | 9 |
| 1980s | 0.736 index | 0.736 index | 0.736 index | 1 |
| 2010s | 0.8713 index | 0.8576 index | 0.8845 index | 4 |
| 2020s | 0.9229 index | 0.9087 index | 0.9323 index | 3 |
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More education data for Cameroon
- Duration of pre-primary education 2 years (2025)
- Official entrance age to pre-primary education 4 years (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 56.1% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 41.1% (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 12 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 114.4% (2024)
- Primary education, teachers 121,453 (2024)
- Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling 4.26 live births per woman (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female 109.5% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is net enrollment rates in lower secondary education, adjusted gender parity index in Cameroon?
- Net enrollment rates in lower secondary education, adjusted gender parity index in Cameroon was 0.9323 index in 2023, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest net enrollment rates in lower secondary education, adjusted gender parity index recorded in Cameroon?
- The highest recorded value was 0.9323 index in 2023.
- What is the lowest net enrollment rates in lower secondary education, adjusted gender parity index recorded in Cameroon?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.6278 index in 1971.
- How does Cameroon rank for net enrollment rates in lower secondary education, adjusted gender parity index?
- Cameroon ranks 150th out of 163 countries with data for 2023.
- Is net enrollment rates in lower secondary education, adjusted gender parity index rising or falling in Cameroon?
- Over the last ten years it is up 8.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Cameroon data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Net enrollment rates in lower secondary education, adjusted gender parity index. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
An adjusted gender parity index of 1 indicates equal net enrollment rates in lower secondary school between boys and girls. Values below 1 favor boys, and above 1 favor girls.